Impact of Automated Alerts on Follow-Up of Post-Discharge Microbiology Results: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial - El-Kareh, Robert; Roy, Christopher; Williams, Deborah H.; Poon, Eric G. (Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM, 2012)
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